Heart Failure: Causes, Symptoms, and Management Strategies
Raheel Chaudhry
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA.
Arhum Mahmood
Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, USA.
Imdad Ullah *
Khyber Medical College, Pakistan.
Evelyn Pineiro Urra
Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos, Cuba.
Mohd Diya Masmoum
Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Anfal Atif
Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan.
Lazaro H. Cabrera
Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos, Cuba.
Hassan Ahmed
Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Cardiac failure (HF) is a multifaceted clinical center described by the incapacity of a heart to sufficiently pump blood leading to inefficient perfusion of tissues. It has two main categories that are represented by ejection fraction: Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF), or Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF). The following review is a summary of research on the diverse causes, symptoms as well as management approaches involved in heart failure. Heart disorder comes about as a result of the following factors: coronary artery disease, hypertension, cardiomyopathy, valvular heart diseases, arrhythmias, and congenital heart defects the main symptoms include shortness of breath, weariness/tiredness, and swelling of the feet among others. Management strategies cover lifestyle modifications, medicines using treatment (e.g. diuretics, ACE inhibitors, beta-blockers), and further treatments like cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) consisting of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) along with mechanical circulatory support (MCS); however, there is also heart transplant aside them.’ Future progression in genetic treatment gene therapy, as well as stem cell study, sounds promising over improving results obtained from HF treatment.
Keywords: Heart failure, symptoms of heart failure, HFpEF